This page includes miscellaneous information not present in the main article for the Lab Assistants.
Designs[]
This section includes designs for each of the character's major appearances in Crash Bandicoot media. For more appearances of the Lab Assistants, see Lab Assistant/Gallery.
Lab Assistants as they appear in the first Crash Bandicoot game.
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure.
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced.
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage.
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (males).
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (females).
Lab Assistants as they appear in Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!.
Appearances[]
| Title | Year | Form | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crash Bandicoot | 1996 | Game | Enemies |
| Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back | 1997 | Game | Enemies |
| Crash Bandicoot: Warped | 1998 | Game | Enemies |
| Crash Bandicoot: Kattobi! Spin World | 1999 | Manga | Background characters |
| Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex | 2001 | Game | Enemies |
| Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure | 2002 | Game | Enemies |
| Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced | 2003 | Game | Enemies |
| Crash Nitro Kart | 2003 | Game | Cameo |
| Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage | 2004 | Game | Enemies |
| Crash Boom Bang! | 2006 | Game | Non-playable characters |
| Crash Boom Bang! (mobile) | 2007 | Game | Cameo |
| Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy | 2017 | Game | Enemies |
| Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled | 2019 | Game | Playable character |
| Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time | 2020 | Game | Enemies |
| Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! | 2021 | Game | Mini-bosses, enemies |
| Crash Team Rumble promotional comics | 2023 | Comic |
Portrayals[]
For their original appearance in Crash Bandicoot, the Lab Assistants use a pitched-up version of the well-known "Howie Scream" stock sound effect when defeated. The actor who recorded this scream is unknown.
| Language | Voice actor | Game |
|---|---|---|
| English | Dwight Schultz Maurice LaMarche |
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy[1] |
| Jess Harnell | Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled[a] | |
| Sheb Wooley †[b] Guillermo Badolato[2] |
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! |
Profiles[]
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run![]
- In-game
"Cortex's loyal, multipurpose henchmen who do his bidding across time and space. Whether lobbing Blob-spewing beakers or glowing shock orbs, they have a master's degree in destruction."
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | [c]عامل المختبر eamil almukhtabar |
| Traditional Chinese | 實驗室助手[d] Shíyàn shì zhùshǒu |
| Simplified Chinese | 实验室助手[d] Shíyàn shì zhùshǒu |
| French | Assistant de laboratoire[c] |
| German | Laborassistent[c] Labor-Assistent (Purple)[e] |
| Italian | Assistente di Laboratorio[c] Tecnico di Laboratorio (Purple)[e] |
| Japanese | けんきゅういん 研究員[3] Ken kyū in |
| Korean | 실험실 조수[d] Silheomsil Josu |
| Polish | Asystent Laboratoryjny[f] |
| Portuguese | Assistente de Laboratório (CTR-NF)[c] Laboratorista (OtR!)[d] |
| Russian | Лаборант[f] Laborant |
| Spanish | Ayudante de Laboratorio[c] |
| Thai | ผู้ช่วยห้อง ทดลอง[d] P̄hū̂ ch̀wy h̄̂xng thdlxng |
| Turkish | Laboratuvar Asistanı[d] |
| Vietnamese | Trợ Lý Phòng Thí Nghiệm[d] |
Notes[]
- ↑ Uncredited; some voicelines are edited recycled lines from Crash.
- ↑ Uncredited; stock "Wilhelm Scream" sound effect recorded by Wooley is used.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Seen upon selecting the Lab Assistant in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Seen when fighting a Lab Assistant in Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Seen when viewing the Lab Assistant trading card in Ripto's Rampage.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Seen in the concept art gallery in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
References[]
- ↑ Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Lands on PS4 June 30. Playstation. Archived from the original on August 18, 2020 "Dwight Schultz (Papu, Lab Assistant) ... Maurice LaMarche (Nitrous Brio, Lab Assistant)"
- ↑ Voicing the Multiverse. Activision. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021 "Who did you voice in Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!?" "So far, I’ve had great fun recording the voices for [the] Venus Flytrap, Lab Assistants, the Mummies, and the Domino’s Pizza partnership character called the Noid."
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/crash-1-jp-guide/IMG_20241201_0009.jpg